The Boise Dispatch Center continues its interagency success in providing safe, cost effective service for wildland fires within southwest Idaho for Boise District BLM, Boise National Forest, and Southwest Idaho Department of Lands. Listed below is the total acreage responsibility of Boise Dispatch Center and each agency's ownership and protection areas.

BOISE BLM

BOISE NF

SOUTHWEST IDL

OWNERSHIP ACRES

3,826,570

2,083,162

501,392

PROTECTION ACRES

6,603,037

2,124,842

393,056

BOISE DISPATCH PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITY ACRES

9,120,935

With cooperation agreements each agency has wildland fire responsibilities on other lands that include private, US Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, and US Military.

DISPATCH PERSONNEL

The Boise Dispatch Center is operated with one center manager, two assistant center managers, eight dispatchers, and one office assistant. The center manager is the main floor supervisor and the core to our operations. The two assistant center managers work together to provide employee supervision and coordination, and are the logistics and intel coordinators. Of the nine dispatchers; one is the primary aircraft dispatcher, one is the assistant aviation dispatcher and the other is a night dispatcher. Each also had an area of responsibility which could include Bureau of Land Management, Boise National Forest, or Southwest Idaho Department of Lands.

To report a wildfire in southwest Idaho call 208-384-3400
or call 911, or your local fire departmentFor general information: 208-384-3398
FAX: 208-384-3405

Office Hours:7 AM to 7:30 PM, 7 DAYS a week during fire season (June-October)
Boise Dispatch remains open for extended hours whenever there is ongoing fire activity8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday during the off season (November - May)